Qingdi was hesitating how to answer her, when suddenly two guards walked out carrying a man whose face was no longer recognized, knelt down in front of Xiaohu and said, "Princess, we have found the Queen Mother." ”

Xiaohu's feet trembled a little, and she walked forward slowly, looking at the burnt face...... This is already a corpse, and there is absolutely no chance of survival. She hurriedly turned her head and said, "Isn't this the queen mother, are you blind?" I can't see the face clearly, how can this be the queen mother? ”

Qingdi also leaned over to take a look, although the face was no longer recognizable, this figure was the Queen Mother, and it was also wearing the Queen Mother's phoenix robe, and there would be no second person in this country wearing a phoenix robe.

Xiaohu definitely couldn't accept it for a while, and Qingdi hurriedly said to those guards: "You guys are going to ...... took her back to the palace for a closer examination, and the injured palace people also hurriedly went back to the imperial doctor for treatment. A few of you stay, and when the fire is extinguished, carefully search any corner of the house, and do not miss any living people or corpses, and bring them all back to the palace. ”

Everyone received the order, Qingdi turned around to comfort Xiaohu again, held her shoulder and said, "Xiaohu, let's go back to the palace first, the Queen Mother is a good person...... Maybe I've already returned to the palace first. ”

"Really?" Xiaohu's eyes were full of light, she chose to believe Qingdi's words, nodded again and again, and pulled Qingdi to hurry back to the palace.

Back in the palace, Qingdi asked the imperial doctor in the palace who had been conditioning the queen mother's body to see the corpse, they knew all about any part of the queen mother's body, even if the face could not be recognized, they could also recognize it by their physical characteristics. After their careful inspection, they thought that this was the Queen Mother.

When Xiaohu heard this, his eyes turned black and he immediately fell into a coma.

Qingdi was guarding the side to take care of Xiaohu, and after finishing the killing, he came over to take a look, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and asked, "Madam, why did you suddenly become like this?" The Queen Mother is also dead now...... Why did Wu Guo seem to have been cursed and suffered such a big change......"

Qingdi couldn't answer him, and she was also thinking recently, was it the fault of a few of them that Wu Guo had suffered these changes? If they don't come, won't Wu be in chaos? Can Wu be better than it is now?

Qingdi came back to his senses, no longer thinking about these messes, and asked after killing: "Are you okay with the injury on your hand?" As soon as Xiaohu encounters something sad, he will lose his mind, and the last time he dealt with Toto, it was really scary. ”

"I'm fine, the imperial doctor has already given me medicine just now, but it's just some skin trauma." Wan Kill glanced at Xiaohu sympathetically and said: "I understand her, she has been held in the palm of her hand since she was a child, and she rarely encounters unpleasant problems, so once she encounters, she who doesn't know how to deal with it must be irrational." ”

Qingdi nodded, thinking about the worry in Wan Kill's voice, and couldn't help asking, "Wan Kill, do you like Xiaohu very much?" ”

After finishing the killing, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "Yes, because Madame's second master also likes Xiaohu, so I like it too." ”

"Is that the reason?"

Wan Kill thought about it carefully and said, "And because she is very simple and kind, she is very good to me and is a very good friend." ”

Qingdi muttered softly to herself, and then asked, "Then do you want to marry her?" ”

Wan Kill was surprised, and immediately waved his hand again and again: "I don't want to." ”

"Oh? So your liking, isn't Xiaohu's liking for you? Qingdi looked at him and said.

Wan Kill was a little stunned, thought for a while, and said: "Although I don't know what Mrs. said, but my Xiaohu treats me as a friend, and it may also be my sister, and I definitely don't want to marry her." Xiaohu shouldn't want to marry me, but she's a princess. ”

"Okay, I see." Qingdi sighed softly, but that was fine.

The next day, Xiaohu woke up. She became a lot haggard overnight, and after opening her eyes, she was stunned for a long time before she said to the Qingdi sitting next to her: "Sister, is the queen mother really dead?" ”

Although Qingdi couldn't bear it, there was no need to hide it, so he nodded and said, "Yes, the Queen Mother is indeed dead." ”

When Xiaohu heard this, he hugged the quilt and cried bitterly.

Qingdi didn't persuade her at first, so she patted her on the back and let her cry for a while before she said out: "You have to get out of this matter quickly, you know, your second brother still has no news, your third brother has also lost a trace, now only you can shoulder the entire Wu country, you need to cheer up." ”

Xiaohu cried and said, "How can I cheer up? I don't know anything about government affairs......"

"Isn't there still me? I'll help you. Qingdi wiped away Xiaohu's tears and said, "You need to go to court immediately to find out what the fire is all about." The Queen Mother was deceived out of the palace that day, and that person had already committed suicide by biting his tongue, you must find out who is the black hand of the queen mother, so as to avenge your mother. ”

Xiaohu nodded, suddenly held Qingdi's hand and said, "Sister, I'm afraid." ”

Qingdi smiled, touched her face, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it'll be fine." ”

As soon as Qingdi's words fell, a eunuch came in to report, saying that there was a minister outside who asked to see him.

Qingdi nodded and asked him to bring the minister in, and the man came in and saluted Qingdi and Xiaohu, and Qingdi recognized that this was a second-grade minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites in the court, and he was regarded as the second prince. "Is there something wrong?" she asked. ”

"Two princesses, the minister took the liberty of asking, the Queen Mother, is she dead?"

Qingdi's expression suddenly cooled down, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"The princess forgives her sins, the minister doesn't have any disrespect for the queen mother, the minister really hopes that the queen mother can be for thousands of generations, but it's just ......" The man hesitated for a while, and said: "I don't know what happened, overnight, it was rumored that the queen mother was killed in the fire of the Three Princes' Mansion yesterday, and the three princes were the culprits who deceived the Queen Mother and murdered the Queen Mother." Our Wu country has always advocated filial piety, as soon as this matter spread, there were voices of crusade against the three princes everywhere, and today the queen mother did not go to the court, and the princess did not pass...... So the minister was entrusted by other adults in the court to enter the palace to ask what happened, if the queen mother is okay, come forward to clarify this matter quickly, if the queen mother is really ...... If there is really something to do, please ask the princess to make a decision immediately about what to do. ”

Xiaohu panicked and hurriedly asked Qingdi, "What should I do?" Why is this happening? What the hell is going on? How could the third brother harm the queen mother? ”

Qingdi gently pinched Xiaohu's palm, signaling her not to panic. She looked at the minister, this person entered the palace for the first time to pray, and it should be her own person.

After thinking about it, Qing Di said truthfully to the minister: "The Queen Mother was indeed killed in yesterday's fire, but this matter should have nothing to do with the third prince. We will not hide this from you loyal ministers, but we must first stabilize the people and some unscrupulous courtiers. Princess Xiaohu and I will immediately draw up an edict in our name to announce to the world, saying that the Queen Mother is still alive, but she is seriously ill. If there are still people who spread the news of the death of the Queen Mother, they will be killed. ”

The man received the order and hurried out.

Although Xiaohu was still very sad, he also had to stand up and face these things. She sniffed and asked Qingdi, "Who will do this?" ”

"Don't think about it at all, it must be Zhang Xiuhe."

Xiaohu bit her lower lip, she actually had a hunch that it would be him, but she really didn't want to...... Zhang Xiuhe has always been kind to her, and she hopes that her brother Crane will not become her enemy.

"The main reason for telling the ministers about the death of the Queen Mother is to win their trust. But at the same time, we also took some risks......" Qingdi said: "The news between the ministers is very likely to penetrate Zhang Xiuhe's ears, and we should be prepared for nothing." ”

Xiaohu nodded: "How to prepare?" ”

"Lock up Zhang Xiuhe. Otherwise, in the next step, he must use this as an excuse to incite some ministers to conscript and kill your third brother, and then enter the court surrounded by the people and his courtiers, and gradually take your place. ”

Xiaohu nodded: "Okay, I'll let someone go to Shenjiang and arrest him." ”

"Don't go to Shenjiang, Zhang Xiuhe can send someone to lure the Queen Mother out, he must have come to Jianye. Send the whole city to hunt him down. ”

Xiaohu nodded: "Okay, it's all up to my sister to decide." ”

But Zhang Xiuhe's movements are faster than Qingdi's. Even if Qingdi kept the news of the Queen Mother's death a secret, it would not be able to suppress Zhang Xiuhe, who had already begun to prepare to spread the news, and the people in the imperial city had already spread the word, and no one believed it at all.

Zhang Xiuhe has now escorted the three princes to the gate of the palace, and a large number of people and a large number of forces he secretly supported have gathered outside, they are hidden in the crowd, constantly inciting public anger, saying that the three princes killed the queen mother, and now they have been arrested.

So many people are saying that even if Qingdi and Xiaohu's edicts are really useful, it is impossible to arrest and kill so many people.

The third prince was forcibly poured poison by Zhang Xiuhe last night, and now he is dumb, he was tied up with five flowers and placed in front of Zhang Xiuhe's horse, and he couldn't say anything.

Someone came in to tell Qingdi, explain the situation outside, and ask Qingdi what to do.

Qingdi has nothing to do now, Zhang Xiuhe raped him and brought a lot of innocent people, and he incited public anger. Even if he doesn't have troops in his hands, even if his henchmen are not worth mentioning at all, as long as there are people to protect him, Qingdi will not dare to mess around.

Xiaohu burst into tears and asked, "Sister, what should we do now?"

"Don't worry, let's save your third brother first."

Xiaohu nodded while rubbing his eyes, and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to negotiate and let the third brother approach the palace." ”

"No, he is now a sinner in the minds of the people, and if we go to save him in a grand manner, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people, so we need to save him secretly......" Qingdi thought for a while and said: "Let's stabilize Zhang Xiuhe first, and then send someone to say that the matter has not been clarified, saying that the queen mother may not have been killed by your third brother, and that your third brother should be imprisoned first, and the rest of the matter will ...... We'll deal with it later. ”

Zhang Xiuhe was unwilling to let go of the three princes, saying that the three princes had confessed and would be executed immediately, and the people said